Non-refillable bottle.



No, 792,388. PATENTED JUNE 13, 1905. P. B. T. BBRNER. NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE APPLICATION FILED JAN. 5, 1905.

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PAUL B. T. BERNER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 792,388, dated June 13, 1905.

Application filed January 5, 1905- Serial NO. 239,824.

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, PAUL B. T. BERNER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Bottles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain features of construction set forth in the following specification and claims, and illustrated in the annexed drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a bottleneck with non-refilling appliance embodying this invention, the bottle standing upright and the tumbler in looking position as regards the stopper or valve. Fig. 2 shows the bot tle upside down or in a position for pouring out. of the valve in section along :0 :0, Fig. 1. Fig. 4c is a section along y y, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a section along 2 .2, Fig. 1. Fig. 6 shows a modification.

In the drawings is shown a bottleneck a, to the interior of which is fastened a tubular shell 7). This shell has a locking portion adapted to be engaged to an offset or shoulder part in the neck. A series of slits along the shell at 6 forms a portion which is readily compressible or easily forced into the bottleneck. On suitably applying pressure this locking part 7) spreads to lock itself in place.

Any tampering such as an attempt to pull a locked shell out of place would cause breakage or distortion of the safety part 7/, and on reinserting a withdrawn shell into place the safety or slitted part will form a telltale, as on recompression the slitted or out part will not take the same shape as before.

Near or at the lower end of the shell is a valve-seat 0. At the upper portion or mouth is a bafiier or set of bafiiers c. A valve normally closes or covers the valve-seat. This valve is composed of a tube or shell f, in which is a cork /i. The valve is guided by suitable meansfor example, a pair of spiders or rings 1' or indentations in the sleeve so as to fall to and from its seat as the bottle contents are being poured out or not. A tumbler 7' engages with the upper part of the valve or rests thereon when the bottle is standing up- Fig. 3 is a plan view of the tube or shell right. A stop Z". limits the upward or vertical movement of the tumbler when the bottle is turned or the liquid caused to discharge. The tumbler at its under part has a projection or knob-like part, and the valveshell has a like upper projection or knob. These knobs or buttons face one another and their purpose will be presently explained. The valve-shell f is open at the top, but has a spider-like appearance or spokes, Fig. 5, to support the knob on the valve. This shell f can be readily dyed and shaped from a suitable piece of material. The tumbler can also be formed from sheet metal, so that the structure can be cheaply and rapidly manufactured in large quantities.

WVhen the bottle stands upright, the valve falls to its seat and the tumbler falls onto the valve; but by reason of the knobs or rounded projections extending toward one another from the valve and tumbler the latter falls to an inclined position or locks the valve to its seat. Any attempt to tamper with the device by suction will thus be prevented, as the tumbler in this position will not allow the valve to rise from its seat. In case any force or pressure is applied from the mouth of the bottle toward the valve the cork it in the shell f will be forced out of the shell and Will bind against the valve-seat and destroy the operativeness of the device. This cork or filling it does not fit excessively tight in the shell f, so that on force or pressure being applied from above or outside the bottle into the mouth the cork is forced out of its tube or shell. The tumbler and valve by their projections cause the valve to be locked to the seat, unless the bottle is turned so that its mouth faces downward at an angle of not less than forty-five degrees, according to tests made with such a device. If the bottle is held upside down and attempted to be refilled, the entering liquid will raise cork h, which acts as a float, so that the valve closes or rises to its seat.

The device can be modified without depart ing from the invention. The tube is provided with slitted portion 6; but this slotted portion need not be directly on the tube, but can be formed on what may be called a supple mental tube or sleeve 7), Fig. 6. This separate sleeve sits on a projection 72" of sleeve Z), and the lock portion 6 engages the bottle, as before explained. On attempting to draw out the sleeve 5 the projection b, engaging the part 71 causes the slitted portion to double or jam the sleeve 5 and bend it out of shape or derange the mechanism. In Fig. 6 the supplemental sleeve is shown projecting above the main sleeve and the part 7) not yet spread or locked; but as the part b is forced down with its top to a level with the main sleeve the slitted parts spread or lock. as before explained.

In order to insure proper spreading of the lock parts 7), the latter can be slightly flared or bellied outward before insertion into the bottle, and on compression the lock parts will spread or flare outward to required position.

WVhat I claim as my invention. and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a non-refillable bottle a sleeve for the bottle-neck, said sleeve having a slitted portion adapted when compressed to spread or look into a seat or recess in the neck.

2. In a non-refillable bottle a sleeve having a series of cuts or slits forming a safety portion and a suitably-guid ed valve and tumbler in the sleeve.

3. In a non-refillable bottle a valve-seat and valve, said valve composed of a tube or shell with a filling of cork or the like, said filling on the application of pressure or force from Without being adapted to pass or be forced out of the tube and to fit itself in the valve-seat.

I. In a non-refillable bottle a valve and a tumbler each having a projection or knob, said knobs being adapted to come out of line or register for the tumbler to lock the valve.

5. In a non-refillable bottle a sleeve having slits or cuts forming a safety portion and a packing at its lower end, a baflier in the sleeve, a tumbler and a valve.

6. In a non-refillable bottle a sleeve having slits or cuts forming a safety portion, a bafiler, a tumbler and a valve.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PAUL B. T. BERNER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE HULsBERe, EDWARD IVIesNER. 

